Frisco League Tourney FINALLY ends

Tuesday

Jan 7, 2014 at 12:30 PM

A month after it was originally scheduled, the Frisco League Basketball Tournament FINALLY ended on Saturday. The boys’ and girls’ brackets of the tournament were postponed several times due to the weather. The final four make-up games were played on Saturday.

Dave RobertsStaff Writer

A month after it was originally scheduled, the Frisco League Basketball Tournament FINALLY ended on Saturday.

The boys’ and girls’ brackets of the tournament were postponed several times due to the weather. The final four make-up games were played on Saturday.

In those games Plato topped Richland 46-31 in the boys’ consolation final, Crocker got past Newburg 59-47 in the girls’ consolation final, Newburg defeated Crocker 52-38 in the boys’ third-place game and Plato clipped Licking 54-49 in the girls’ championship game.

Girls’ Championship

Plato 54, Licking 49: Second-seeded Plato outscored top-seeded Licking 16-9 in the second period and 17-10 in the third period to build a lead it would keep.

Licking led 12-9 after the first quarter and Plato went into halftime up 25-21. The Plato Lady Eagles led 42-31 entering the fourth period.

Newburg 52, Crocker 38: A big second half allowed the Newburg Wolves to win the boys’ third-place title. Newburg, now 7-2, led 12-8 after the first period. The Crocker Lions outscored the Wolves 11-6 in the second period to take a 19-18 halftime edge.

However, Newburg outscored Crocker 14-7 in the third period and 20-12 in the fourth quarter to pull out the win.

Plato 46, Richland 31: In the boys’ consolation finals, the Plato Eagles held a slim lead most of the way. Plato led 12-7 after the first period and took a 25-21 advantage into halftime. The Richland Bears trailed 33-29 heading into the fourth quarter.

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